The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1996
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
12:29 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 910
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.15° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.13° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.